A couple of days ago on Reddit a heated discussion arose – many users believe that this time the Battle Pass gives much less than in the last year. As arguments, the players bring statues and HUD, as well as the number of innovations compared to last year’s variation.

Battle Pass – Rewards Comparison

We decided to understand in detail what project Valve has done better. For a start – the comparative characteristics of the two Battle Pass. One of the main indicators: the number of gifts for a regular purchase. We also compared the level 100 passes – on the one hand, a good player will be able to achieve this on his own, on the other hand, this upgrade is not so expensive and is available to the majority.

Battle Pass 2016

So le’ts begin with the Battle Pass of the past year. Battle Pass 2016 rewards for purchasing:

1. Three Immortal Treasure
2. Season map
3. Weather effect
4. Taunt
5. Music compilation
6. Cursor compilation
7. Smile compilation
8. Courier
9. Ward
10. 3x Lina’s Battle Blaze for EACH quest
11. HUD
12. Loading screen
13. Block for a statue
14. New commentator
15. Three Trust of the Benefactor

And this is not over, after reaching 100 level of the Battle pass you will receive:

1. Five more immortal treasures
2. Four taunt
3. Style for a courier
4. Multi-kill banner

Other BIG rewards:

1. Map (125)
2. Quests (225)
3. 3x tokens (395)
4. Aegis (1000)
5. Courier style

And of course new DOTA 2 features:

1. Season rating
2. Bets
3. Next Arcane voting
4. International Ranked
5. Trials of community
6. Teleport with a team logo
7. Battle Cup

Battle Pass 2017

Battle Pass 2017 rewards for purchasing:

1. 3 Immortal Treasure
2. Season map
3. Weather effect
4. Taunt
5. Music compilation
6. Cursor compilation
7. Smile compilation
8. Courier
9. Ward
10. Slark’s Riptide Rumble – each week

Rewards for reaching 100 level:

1. Six Immortal Treasures
2. Three taunts
3. Second courier’s style
4. Sound for the chat circle
5. Bottle with a liquid
6. New commentator
7. Trust of the Benefactor

Other BIG rewards:

1. Map (150)
2. Quests (225)
3. Nine immortal treasures (375)
4. Aegis (1000)
5. Last courier’s style

New features:

1. Team bets
2. Company
3. Double Rating
4. Enhanced towers
5. Favorite Team
6. Queue Trivia

Comparison Results

So, immediately noticeably – several awards for the purchase of Battle Pass users have missed. Some suddenly were spread out to distant levels (for example, the new announcer is available not with the first level, but only at level 75), others disappeared altogether. This year, Valve refused to add any HUD and statues, as well as bonus chests for the new record of the prize fund (if users manage to do it).

It seems that there are more awards for the first hundred levels but in fact, they were taken from the first level of the 2016 sample. In general, the number of chests, styles, roulettes and cards of the each Battle Passes were equal, but this can hardly be considered a plus – It rather means that Valve this time did not come up with anything new in terms of gifts.

Curiously, this time the last style of the courier “moved” at once to 225 levels – taking into account that besides this, only the chest and cards are presented as prizes. Finally, the last important update – in 2017 you can not sell any items that you receive from chests

Valve showed several more interesting ideas – double rating, quiz, chat sounds. But in fact, it is rather mini-features, which are difficult to compare with all last year’s challenges, that were such cool. However, the time for skepticism has not yet come – just wait for the very campaign and the secret prize for the 245 level. Who knows what’s in there, ahead?

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